of the bottom, and goes off to the southward, with its head
just high enough above water to be visible. It would seem
really that his wanderings are not to cease as long as wood
will float.

{village of Geneva = now the City of Geneva, at the
northern end of Lake Seneca}

No white man can give the history of this "Jew." He was
found laving his sides in the pure waters of the Seneca by
the earliest settlers, and it may have been ages since his
wanderings commenced. When they are to cease is a
secret in the womb of time.

The "Lake Gun" is a mystery. It is a sound resembling the
explosion of a heavy piece of artillery, that can be
accounted for by none of the known laws of nature. The
report is deep, hollow, distant, and imposing. The lake
seems to be speaking to the surrounding hills, which send
back the echoes of its voice in accurate reply. No
satisfactory theory has ever been broached to explain
these noises. Conjectures have been hazarded about
chasms, and the escape of compressed air by the sudden
admission of water; but all this is talking at random, and
has probably no foundation in truth. The most that can be
said is, that such sounds are heard, though at long
intervals, and that no one as yet has succeeded in
ascertaining their cause.

{"The Lake Gun" = The "Lake Gun" or "Lake Drum" is a